The Triarchic model of psychopathy includes three components: boldness, meanness, and disinhibition.
The model proposed that boldness is an adaptive component of psychopathy. Considering the empathic deficit present in psychopathy,
emotional intelligence (EI) is an important construct for investigation of psychopathy. The major aim of this study was to
investigate the role of boldness in predicting dimensions of emotional intelligence. The second aim of the present study was to
explore whether associations between psychopathic components and dimensions of emotional intelligence vary across sex.
Four-hundred-and-ninety-five students (51 % men) completed the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM), and Wong and Law Emotional
Intelligence Scale (WLEIS). The results of hierarchical regression analysis indicated that boldness shows adaptive features and
represent a "successful" expressions of psychopathy, while disinhibition and meanness represent risk factors for adaptive
interpersonal behaviour. Furthermore, results indicated that the relationship between TriPM and WLEIS did not vary across
sex.